Japan's new prime minister announces Cabinet

  • 12/15/2022
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TOKYO, September 16, SPA -- Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has announced his Cabinet lineup, picking a veteran lawmaker and party ally as finance minister and a fellow party leader as his foreign minister, the Associated Press reported. Hatoyama, who took office Wednesday, named Katsuya Okadaas foreign minister and Hirohisa Fujii as finance minister. Hatoyama was elected as prime minister by parliament'slower house in a special session called after hisDemocratic Party of Japan ousted the conservative LiberalDemocratic Party in polls last month.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/700709

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